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University of Silesia in Katowice us.pl

University of Silesia in Katowice www.us.edu.pl. University of Silesia in Katowice. Poland Upper Silesia. Poland Upper Silesia region. Jastrzębie Zdrój. 6 cities of the region: Katowice, Sosnowiec, Cieszyn, Chorzów, Rybnik, Jastrzębie Zdrój. www.us.edu.pl.

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University of Silesia in Katowice us.pl

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  1. University of Silesia in Katowice www.us.edu.pl

  2. University of Silesia in Katowice Poland Upper Silesia Poland Upper Silesia region Jastrzębie Zdrój 6 cities of the region: Katowice, Sosnowiec, Cieszyn, Chorzów, Rybnik, Jastrzębie Zdrój www.us.edu.pl

  3. University of Silesia in Katowice • one of the largest universities in Poland • almost 40,000 intramural and extramural students, postgraduate and PhD students undertaking 47 undergraduate and postgraduate courses, with almost 130 majors (all courses recognized by the European Credit Transfer and Acceptance System (ECTS)) • over 2,000 research workers www.us.edu.pl

  4. University of Silesia in Katowice Faculties & interdisciplinaryunits Faculty of Fine Arts and Music Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection Faculty of Computer Science and Materials Science Faculty of Earth Sciences Faculty of Ethnology and Educational Studies  Faculty of Law and Administration Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry  Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology Faculty of Philology Faculty of Radio and Television Faculty of Social Sciences  Faculty of Theology Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in the Humanities Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences International School of Political Science  School of Management School of Polish Language and Culture www.us.edu.pl

  5. University of Silesia in Katowice Fields of study Bachelor’sdegree & Master’sdegreeprogrammes • Administration • Biology • Biotechnology • Chemistry • Fine arts education • Musiceducation • Educationin technology and informatics • Econophysics • Ethnology • Philology(Classics, English, German, Polish, Roman, Slavic, East Slavic) • Philosophy • Physics • MedicalPhysics • Geography • Geology • Geophysics • Graphics • History • History of Art • Library and Information Science • Computer Science • Computer Science Engineering • Biomedical Engineering • Materials Engineering • CulturalStudies • Mathematics • Inter-FacultyIndividualStudiesintheHumanities • Inter-FacultyStudiesProgrammein Mathematics and Natural Sciences • FamilyStudies • EnvironmentalProtection • Film and TelevisionProduction • Pedagogy • Political Sciences • SocialWork • Law • Psychology • Cinematography, Directing and Art Photography • Film and TelevisionDirecting • Sociology • Theology • Management Postgraduate and Doctoralstudies www.us.edu.pl

  6. University of Silesia in Katowice • Internationalization - a priority for the University of Silesia • active cooperation with international institutions • bilateral agreements on academic and research cooperation with universities from approximately 40 countries • participation in international education and research projects www.us.edu.pl

  7. University of Silesia FACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES www.wnoz.us.edu.pl/

  8. University of Silesia FACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES www.wnoz.us.edu.pl/

  9. University of Silesia FACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF GEOCHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY AND PETROGRAPHY www.kgmip.wnoz.us.edu.pl/ GEOGRAPHY GEOPHYSICS Researchactivities: ● mineralogy and petrography of the TatraMts, SudetyMts, and Upper Silesia ● radioactive minerals as analogues for the radioactive waste forms ● physics of minerals ● organic matter and trace elements in minerals and rocks ● mineralogy of atmospheric dust from Upper Silesia

  10. University of Silesia FACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL GEOLOGY http://kgp.wnoz.us.edu.pl/ Researchactivities: ● geodynamics of platforms in Poland and in neighbouring countries ● the Quaternary paleomorphology of central Poland ● dynamics of clastic and carbonate sedimentation ● geotectonics and exodynamics

  11. University of Silesia FACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED GEOLOGY http://kgs.wnoz.us.edu.pl/ Researchactivities: ● prospecting, investigation and documentation of deposits ● protection of deposits and environment in mining areas ● tectonophysics and investigation of the processes of rocks destruction ● mining seismology, seismoacoustics and microseismology ● geophysical investigation of pollutant migration in groundwater and soil ● application of geophysics to archeology

  12. University of Silesia FACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES GEOLOGY OTHER INDEPENDENT UNITS SECTION OF HYDROGEOLOGY AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGY http://khgi.wnoz.us.edu.pl/ Researchactivities: ● hydrogeological and sozologicalmapping ● management of groundwater resources in mining areas ● protection and monitoring of grounwater quality in Upper Silesia ● regional hydrogeologicalcharacterisation of the Upper Silesia massif ● hydrochemicalzonationinsedimentarybasins

  13. University of Silesia FACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES GEOLOGY SECTION OF STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY http://www.zsp.wnoz.us.edu.pl/ Researchactivities: ● Late Paleozoic miospores and acritarchs in Poland ● palynological studies in the Upper Silesia area ● faunal successions in Devonian, Carboniferous and Triassic of southern Poland ● taxonomy of selected groups of fossils (conodonts, brachiopods, corals, ammonites, gastropods, echinoderms) ● paleoecology and biogeography of faunal communities in Paleozoic and Mesozoic, mostly in Devonian and Cretaceous ● integrated ecosystem analysis of geological events, as exemplified by late Devonian mass extinction

  14. University of Silesia FACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES • Research projects: • Ground Coupled Heat Pumps of High Technology (GROUNDHIT) – 5 EU Framework Programme; • realization period: 2003-2008; US – partner; • Redevelopment of European Mining Areas into Sustainable Communities by Integrating Supply • and Demand Side based on Low Exergy Principles (REMINING-LOWEX) – 6 EU FP; • realization period: 2007-2012; US – partner; • Governance of Shrinkage within a European Context (SHRINK SMART) – 7 EU FP; • realization period: 2009-2012; US – partner; • Projections of the Cryospheric Contribution to Sea-level Rise (ice2sea) – 7 EU FP; • realization period: 2008-2012; US – partner;

  15. University of Silesia FACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES • HypogeneCavesMorphology – Europe/Australia Comparison (HYPOCAVE) – 7 EU FP; • realization period: 2010-2013; US – coordinator; • Improvement of CoalCarbonizationthroughtheOptimization of FuelinCokingCoalBlends • (RATIO-COAL) – TheResearch Fund for Coal and Steel; realization period: 2010-2013; • US – coordinator; • InnovativeCarbon Products for SubstitutingCoke on BF Operation (INNOCARB) – TheResearch Fund for Coal and Steel; realization period: 2010-2013; US – partner.

  16. University of Silesia FACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCES Thank you for your attention.

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